Skip to main content

Table 6 Morphometrics of Paracanthonchus olgae sp. n. from the site Rainbow

From: Free-living nematode species (Nematoda) dwelling in hydrothermal sites of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Character

Males

Females

Holotype

n

Min–max

Mean

SD

CV

n

Min–max

Mean

SD

CV

L

1595

21

1300–1780

1575

145

9.22

12

1445–1850

1600

142

8.89

a

29.0

21

24.6–37.9

32.2

3.76

11.7

8

26.7–33.3

29.0

2.50

8.61

b

5.66

21

5.01–6.78

5.82

0.40

6.87

10

5.43–6.72

6.01

0.42

6.99

c

12.5

20

10.5–13.6

12.0

0.78

6.51

10

10.7–13.4

11.9

0.72

6.06

c′

2.44

20

2.44–3.40

3.11

0.23

7.70

8

3.20–4.71

4.14

0.51

12.3

V %

–

–

–

–

–

–

12

50.4–61.9

53.9

3.02

5.60

Body diameter at level of cephalic setae

21

21

19.0–25.0

22.4

1.68

7.51

8

21.5–26.0

23.0

1.57

6.84

Body diameter at level of nerve ring

43

21

35.6–49.0

40.8

3.04

7.44

8

39.0–47.0

41.9

2.69

6.42

Body diameter at level of cardia

50

21

37.0–55.0

47.6

4.72

9.91

8

42.5–58.0

48.7

5.67

11.6

Midbody diameter

55

21

38.0–62.0

50.2

6.30

12.5

8

50.0–65.0

57.3

4.98

8.69

Anal body diameter

47

21

36.5–47.0

42.1

3.11

5.52

8

32.0–36.0

33.8

1.58

4.68

Spicule’s length along arch

58.5

21

44.5–64.0

57.3

4.33

7.55

–

–

–

–

–

Gubernaculum’s length

50

21

42.0–69.0

54.7

6.19

11.3

–

–

–

–

–

  1. Measures in µm except for ratios